Food And Drug Act 1906
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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906): An act which prevents the production and sale of food, drugs, alcohol, or medicines which are considered poisonous or misbranded. this act was passed in 1906 and was purposed for protecting the public from any consumerism based harm. It was also made in response to various cases where consumers were caused medical harm by the ill preparation of food or falsified medicine. Upton Sinclair (See: Upton Sinclair) brought light to a plethora of problems that occurred when food productions were unmonitored. He wrote them all out in ‘The Jungle’, a book which became something of a scandal when it was published. President Roosevelt (See: Theodore Roosevelt) was in such large favour of this Act which he passed, …show more content…
Washington: He started a school for colored people called Tuskegee normal and industrial institute, he wanted to help prove that colored people could work just as hard and get successful as non colored people. He was mainly influenced by the beliefs of DuBois and Washington, which influenced how he worked through life and why he developed Tuskegee. He noticed the amount of racial inequality and new that by giving coloured people the ability of education, then it would assist them greatly. http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663 W.E.B. DuBois: He was an american civil rights activist, leader, Pan-africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar he became a naturalised citizen at the age of 95, he also was the secretary of the niagara …show more content…
E. B. Dubois and William Monroe Trotter in 1905. They were against Booker T. Washington's philosophy of accommodationism. There were several public writings by members of this group that disagreed on his philosophy, like William Monroe Trotter and W. E. B. Dubois. They didn't agree with his lower standards towards african americans. This organization would try to get legal changes bringing up issues such as crime, economics, religion, health, and education. There main goal was to end segregation. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/niagara-movement-1905-1909
National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP):
The NAACP established a system which people of colour run to defend their civil rights. It was established by WEB Du Bois, in an attempt to help coloured people through the time period they were facing, which dealt with an enormous amount of racism from society as a whole. It helped progress by helping POC people have the same rights as white people.
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906): An act which prevents the production and sale of food, drugs, alcohol, or medicines which are considered poisonous or misbranded. this act was passed in 1906 and was purposed for protecting the public from any consumerism based harm. It was also made in response to various cases where consumers were caused medical harm by the ill preparation of food or falsified medicine. Upton Sinclair (See: Upton Sinclair) brought light to a plethora of problems that occurred when food productions were unmonitored. He wrote them all out in ‘The Jungle’, a book which became something of a scandal when it was published. President Roosevelt (See: Theodore Roosevelt) was in such large favour of this Act which he passed, …show more content…
Washington: He started a school for colored people called Tuskegee normal and industrial institute, he wanted to help prove that colored people could work just as hard and get successful as non colored people. He was mainly influenced by the beliefs of DuBois and Washington, which influenced how he worked through life and why he developed Tuskegee. He noticed the amount of racial inequality and new that by giving coloured people the ability of education, then it would assist them greatly. http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663 W.E.B. DuBois: He was an american civil rights activist, leader, Pan-africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar he became a naturalised citizen at the age of 95, he also was the secretary of the niagara …show more content…
E. B. Dubois and William Monroe Trotter in 1905. They were against Booker T. Washington's philosophy of accommodationism. There were several public writings by members of this group that disagreed on his philosophy, like William Monroe Trotter and W. E. B. Dubois. They didn't agree with his lower standards towards african americans. This organization would try to get legal changes bringing up issues such as crime, economics, religion, health, and education. There main goal was to end segregation. http://www.blackpast.org/aah/niagara-movement-1905-1909
National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP):
The NAACP established a system which people of colour run to defend their civil rights. It was established by WEB Du Bois, in an attempt to help coloured people through the time period they were facing, which dealt with an enormous amount of racism from society as a whole. It helped progress by helping POC people have the same rights as white people.